💬 The NHL has taken team introductions to another level. From Vegas ...

[TerryP]

 

[TerryP]

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

I love stuff like this. Very effective use of the canvas they have.

 

[rammerjammer]

That is wicked awesome!!

 

[BamaFan334]

Vegas, baby.

 

[PurlJam]

I've always liked going to a live hockey game, always something going on fan wise , but I haven't been to one since the Thrashers were in Atlanta. Use to go to the original B'ham Bulls/South Stars game pretty regular back in the day... 25¢ beer and hotdawg nights were great. On my to do list is a Havocs game and a Trash Pandas game in Huntsville. You know Vegas won't spare any expense... that right there is

 

[SoCalPatrick]

I'm not sure how they did this one for the Panthers. What would you do with an elephant?

Carolina Panthers debut mixed-reality panther video

Gigantic digital predators are now part of the NFL gameday experience.

mashable.com

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

I'm not sure how they did this one for the Panthers. What would you do with an elephant?

It was CGI shown on the video screens in the stadium. They scanned a copy of the stadium into the game engine like they do for Madden/NCAA Football game (Unreal Engine is a gaming engine) and used that to make the Panther move around the stadium properly in the CGI. Then it was a matter of just running it in such a way that the render cameras matched up with the on field cameras (and some of it was pre-recorded so that was even easier). Once you have it, you can use it any time with a different banner each game if you want. Real-time CGI like this is getting easier and easier.

Would not be hard to do similar for Bryant-Denny but I am not sure it is worth the cost. If they did, maybe have an Elephant run out in front of the team when they come out of the tunnel and run over whatever mascot they are playing against.

 

[ElephantStomp]

Vegas has always been really really good with pregame since they came into the league. My kids and I are huge hockey fans and have season tickets to the Colorado Avalanche and made a trip last year for a playoff game in Vegas against the Avs and I’ll bet Vegas spent 20 mins on pregame, it was spectacular.

 

[bama alum]

Screw them! The Penguins took care of the two-time defending champs...on the night they hung their new banner. That's all that matters. GO PENS!